SPLIT

 

Description: This function divides CQUAD4 and CTRI3 elements into 2 or 4 elements.

 

Usage:

 

1.  DSI prompts:

>   SELECT OPTION FOR SPLIT ELEMENT

    

 

£¿   ¡°2 QUADS¡± splits a QUAD4 into two QUAD4s.

¡°4 QUADS¡± splits a QUAD4 into four QUAD4s.

¡°2 TRIAS¡± splits a QUAD4 into two TRIAs.

¡°TRIA 2 TRIAS¡± splits a TRIA3 into two TRIA3s.

¡°TRIA QUAD COMBINE¡± splits a QUAD into a QUAD and a TRIA.

¡°TRIA 4 TRIAS¡± splits a TRIA into four TRIAs.

¡°ARBITRARY LOCATION¡± defines locators for splitting elements.

¡°SOLID TO 8 SOLIDS¡± splits a SOLID into 8 SOLIDs.

¡°1 DIMENSION ELEMENT¡± splits a 1 dimension element to several 1 dimension elements

¡°ALONG LINE¡± split shell elements by line.

 

2.  DSI prompts:

>   SELECT ELEMENT TO SPLIT

                           

 

                        £¿   REVERSE OPERATION

                               •  Reverses the split direction. This option does not apply to group operations.